Riding in a helicopter.... would you?

[Papa Deuce]

I have twice, for work, but would never do it for any other reason....


poll coming.

 

[oxfordcircus]

I have and I'd do it again. I wish I could use one to commute.

 

[doxdogy]

I did once at a local seafood festival. It was a blast and I would love to do it again!

 

[Kitty 34]

I would love to go up in a helicopter. Let my son and his friend have a ride when they were 12 and they said it was awesome.

 

[Hedy]

Haven't had the opportunity, but they transport sick people, so I'm not too worried about safety.

 

[Cool-Beans]

So long as isn't a war-situation, heck yeah!

The vets told me that helicopters are very easy to "shoot down," so I wouldn't want to be in one that people were shooting at.

 

[Beth76]

I finally got to ride in a helicopter in Alaska. We had a half hour ride that flew over the glaciers and then landed on one. It was a blast and an awesome view. It ended to quickly. Would do it again in a heartbeat!

 

[honeymom]

I did once at Mt. Rushmore. It was a quick swoop up, a couple of minutes hover and a quick swoop down. I thought I was going to lose my lunch. Plus, it was one of those door open little whirlybirds. The only thing holding me in was my seat harness.

I might do it again in a bigger copter that goes slower and has the cabin closed. Especially if it is in Hawaii!

 

[4nana]

We flew via helicopter over the Texas Worlds Fair in our younger yrs. I enjoy flying, but this was about the roughest ride I'd ever had and can't say it was particularly enjoyable. Also did some site seeing in Alaksa in a very small plane that only held the pilot, DH & myself. Little too adventurous for me, I kissed the ground when we finally landed safely. .

 

[Jennasis]

Both Dh adn I have flown in helicopters on a regular basis. We were both professional helicopter photogs for one of the NY news stations. It was REALLY neat, but you do have to have a lot of trust in the pilot. People prone to motion sickness often have a hard time becaus eyou feel EVERYTHING and turbulence can be pretty wicked. DH had to actually lean out of the chopper with a camera strapped to his body once when the gyro-cam mounted on the front was on the fritz. We had one pilot who was a former vet and delighted in doing crazy aerial stuff to freak out his passengers (like landing in a skid like an airplane, doing wicked banked turns and such...we called him AIRWOLF). Other times he would hit a switch that caused the emergency alarm to go off, and it would scare the heck out of the poor reporter stuck inside! One night I went up in the chopper with DH (the night we started dating...so romantic!) and a bird flew into the windshield and splattered across it...so nasty!

I spent new year's eve on the millenium in our news chopper over Times Square. I could see fireworks for MILES all around us and even under us (I though someone was shooting at the helicopter!). It wa amazing. Such a sight!

Oh yeah...and every flight I would get air-sick and wind up barfing in the little bagiie. EVERY FLIGHT! And I flew several timesd a week.

 

[sweet angel]

I did two helicopter flights -- one over Hawaii when I was 13, and the other over St. Thomas in '05.

I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

 

[JimB.]

I rode helo's a few times in the Navy. Being a "fixed-wing" (ok, actually folding wing) guy, I think it is totally unnnatural for an aircraft to be in the air and not moving!!!

Helicopters don't FLY, they just beat the laws of aerodynamics into submission.

In a word, no.

 

[Pooh67_68]

No no no a thousand times NO!

 

[buzzlady]

I have when in Hawaii and would do it again!

 

[aprilgail2]

I took my godson on a helicopter tour over WDW, they took us over our hotel and the surrounding area too...it was really fun!

 

[Jennasis]

Yes...by all accounts helicopter should'nt work but yet they do. Freaky!

 

[Mrs.Toad]

I've done it 3 times, all on vacation. The first time was in New Zealand and was just a quick hop to get to the entry point for a rafting trip. I was nervous but excited, then sad that the flight ended so quickly. The next two times were in Hawaii. I really enjoyed it on Kauai, but got pretty nervous again on the big island, hovering over a bubbling pit of molten lava.

I never got motion sickness, but each ride was back in my younger days when I had a stomach made of steel. The past few years, I get dizzy and motion sick much more easily, and may very well lose my lunch if I try it again.

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

My college sweetheart was killed in a helicopter crash. I will never in my life get on a helicopter (at least not willingly).

My nephew has flown helicopters for the military for a dozen years and keeps telling me how safe they are but that still wouldn't be enough reassurance to get me on one.

 

[Oreo Cookie]

DH and I did a helicopter tour when we were in Tahiti and it was such fun!

 

[highland3]

I have flown in a few types of helicopters, courtesy of the military. I'd go again in a heartbeat!!